This is far beyond anything we imagined.
I never could have imagined it could have been adapted, Perez adds.
It had over 500 characters, which also had 500 different continuities going for them.
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And yet, as unlikely as it once seemed,Crisishas finally come to the small screen.
Not only that, but Wolfman co-wrote part 4 (theArrowepisode) with executive producer Marc Guggenheim.
Marc was just utterly incredible to work with.
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Published from 1985 to 1986,Crisisforever altered the DC Comics universe.
To me and George, this was the roadmap to where you were going to the new DC universe.
We didnt think anyone would rememberCrisisexcept as this book that took youtosomeplace, Wolfman says.
“Jerry Ordway did a beautiful inking job on that scene,” George Pérez says of the spread above.DC Comics
Whats happened isCrisisitself has become the focal point, that people really love the book.
We never assumed it would be this big fan favorite as it is now.
It boggles the mind.
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We had worked up a list of characters who we thought should die, Woflman recalls.
It sounds horrible talking about it in that fashion now.
Flash was not on that list.
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So Supergirl was definitely on the list and we were surprised that DC had no problem with that.
But they wanted it.
For the fans, they were seeing it as that.
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Perez looks back on his work on the Flashs death with pride.
So [its] like Im chronicling an event that no one else is witnessing.
For Wolfman, he would have liked to keep his original ending.
But that was overruled.
We made it as strong as possible by just having a small number of characters remember.
Wolfman also would have increased the size of each book.
I think its the best stuff of his career, and best of mine.
Perez agrees with the sentiment, because he wouldve been able to fit in even more characters in.
But the book came out fine, he continues.
Its obviously held up for several decades now, and its so fond to remember.
And it created a phrase that did not exist in DC Comics up until then.
There was [now] the idea of pre-Crisisand post-Crisis.
